Skylight



Nov. 4-. 1924. 1,513,810

H. B. HAWES SKYLIGHT Filed June 19. W 3

INVENTOR. f/raldfl fi awas' BY ATTORNEYS.

li /wwwl MW Patented Nov. 4, 1924.

UNITED" STATES HAROLD B. HAWES, OF BBIIDGEPOBT, CONNECTICUT.

SKYLIGHT.

Application filed June 19, 1923. Serial No. 646,308.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that HAROLD B. HAWES, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, has invented certain new and useful Improvements in Skylights, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in sky-light structures and particularly to supporting means for the glass panels thereof.

An object of the invention is to provide a support in which the glass will be efiectually cushioned and free'from metal contact, and in which expansion and contraction due to temperature change will be compensated for in a manner to maintain a weather-tight closure at all times without danger or distortion or breakage, notwithstanding the different co-efiicients of expansion of the materials going into the structure. To this end it is proposed to provide improved resilient connection means between the channel rafters and the cap for retaining the glass panels.

A further object is to provide a structure including a felt contact for the glass panels and in which the felt will be maintained against the shifting and rapid deterioration.

Another object is to provide a structure which may be assembled with great facility and in which all the parts may be manufactured to size in the factory, and thereupon assembled at the building.

With the above and other objects in view. an embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, and this embodiment will be hereinafter more fully described with reference thereto and the invention will be finally pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective vertical sectional view of a sky-light construction according to the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view thereof;

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view of the channel rafter and supporting stirrup connected thereto;

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the same;

Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing the yiedable post and slip washer detached; an

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the felt strip adapted to be disposed at the under side of the glass panels.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several figures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings, the channel rafter 10 is provided at suitable spaced points with inverted U-shaped strips 11, secured thereto by having bosses 12 pressed outwardly from their sides and engaging apertures 13 in the sides of the rafter. This structure is of great strength, may be assembled with facility by vending the sides of the channel into relation with the stirrup, so that its bosses engage the apertures and it is free of any parts which may become loose in use.

In the upper end of the stirrup there is provided a non-circular hole 14, preferably flat at two sides, and which is slidably engaged with the reduced non-circular shank 15 of a cylindrical post 16 resting at its lower shouldered end upon the upper side of the stirrup, and provided at its upper shouldered end with a reduced threaded eX- tension 17. 15 preferably conforms to the hole 14 so that the post will not turn therein.

At the lower end the shank is provided with a slot 18 engaged by a slip washer 19, and between the washer and the under side of the stirrup a spring 20 is provided on the shank, and permits upward yielding of the A felted packing strip upon which the adjacent marginal edges of the glass panels rest, is supported upon the stirrups and comprises a metal strip 21, having its 1ongitudinal edge portions bent into channel form, as at 22, and securing the longitudinal edges of a felt strip 28 provided at the upper side of the met-a1 strip, the felting strip being provided with apertures 24 at suitably spaced points for engagement with the posts 16. The channel portions 22, it will be noted, are disposed inwardly and spaced from the upper edges of the channel rafter, so that water of condensation forming upon the under side of the panels will flow over the portions 22 and into the trough of said channel rafter.

The glass panels 25, which span the several rafters of the skylight structure, rest at their marginal portions on the felt strip 23, and are retained in place thereon by a The cross section of the shank (ill "springs I "but fyiel'dable relation is nialntained be-' cap strip 26 having longitudinal down- Wardly and outwardly hent edge portions 27 and a central longitudinal crown portion 28, and provided at suitablyspacedpoints with apertures 29 which engage over" the threaded extensions 17 of the p0sts, l6 so that said crown portion rests upon the up per shouldered ends of the posts. An inwardlythreaded head 30 is screwed upon the extension 17 and secures the cap strip in place.

A felt strip 31 is compressed beneath and housed within the cap strip to tightly engage upon the upper surface of the glass panels, being provided at suitable points with apertures 32 for engagement over the posts 16.

The posts 16 are so proportioned that when. the cap s .p is in place, and the head 80 tightly screwed down, the posts i are slightly raised a ainst the tension of their 1 thereby a constantly tight,

tween the glass panels and the supporting structure so that change in temperature, and its diiferent expansion and contraction upon the materials ot'tl'ie structure will beconipensated for in such manner that a tight closure 'isfat 'alltiine's established, without danger of distortion or breakage. The flared "edge inges 2'? permit the cap strip to yield [under the pressure of the posts, and at the sam time inain'tain tight closure with the glass panels. i I hav illustrated preferred and satisfactory 'e'nrl'iodinient of the ii'iven'tion but it will be (5 v1ous tl1"at changes may be inade therein, i'vith'in the spirit and scope thereof, "as defiii'ed in the appended claims.- I

laying thus described "my invention, what I fc lairn and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: a p 1. In a skylight structure, a rafter, a supporttl'ieredn l'i'av'ifn'g an aperture, a p ost havi g'a shouldered upper portion ei'igagin'g the apps side or said si'i'pport 'andja shank por- Efte'ndin'g through and sli'da'ble in said erture, spring on said sh; rl: portion retaining said post and perinitting npW-ard yie ldi'n'g 'inoiien'ient thereof, a cushioning tarp resting directly on said suipporuglass panels resting onfsaidjcushion'ing "strip at each so aid osa-a "retaining strip engaging "ea-1a panels "at their "upper j side d having a'pe'rifcratiou engagingsaid (5 a d ineans enga g said post for "seaid retaining i a v i a skylight structure, 'a rafte support the'reoi'r, a post resting fuponsaid support and slidably mounted therein to have-upward yielding movement and provided fat upper side with a l'Q ClHCGCl threaded 'eizansioa forming a shoulder, a

having a. 15

cushioning strip directly on said support, glass panels onfsaid ciishionin gs't ipfat each side of said post, a retaining strip engagin said glass,panelsat their upper side an rt'o'rati'o'n engaging said post, th strip resting on the shoulder of the post, and a threaded head engaging the threaded extension ofsaid post and adapted to secure said retaining strip thereon. V i

3. The combination as specified in clain'ifl, wherein the support has a non-circular, aperture andthe post is of. a configuration tohav'e sliding increment only in said ap'rture,

i. In a skylight structure, a rafter, 'afsu'pportthereon and having an apex-tur 0st hating shouldered upper poirtionen-ga ng the upper side of said support and a shank portion"(intending through and slid'abl'e in said aperture, said shank portion heingi einoval'ile through said aperture and provided at its- :l'ower end .with. a, "slotted fpusat-a rernovable slip washer engaging ,saidslotte post a spring on said shank norm 1 d sposedbetween the undersiderof, said sl p port an'dgsai'd slip washer finds-permitting upward yield-ing movement .ofjthe,spostj a cushioning, strip resting directly .5011, said suppert, the post passing through the cushioning strip, glass panelsresting, on said cusl'ii'onin'g strip at each side of said page; a retaining strip engaging said glass panels at their upper side and havingia perforation receiving the pest, and means engaging said post for securing said retaining strip.

5. In a skylight structure, 'a ,thannel rafter, an inverted ti-shaped sirppnrt, r'e- 'ce'ived therein an'dhaving an aperture inj its upper portion, post having .ashotddered.

upper. portion engaging the upper. side of said support and a shank portionsextending through and slidahlei'n .said'apert'ure a spring on said shank portion retaining said post and permitting upw'ard yielding movement thereof a cushioningstrip resting directly upon said. support, glass panels rest ing on said cushion "strip at each side of said post, a retaining strip engaging said glass panels at their upper side and having, a perforation engaging said post, and means engaging said post for securing saidret'aining' strip, whereby said cushioning strip,

:panel's'and retain g strip, are Fsuppo'rte'd'directly from sa 4 support, a. of the elements lastnientioriedican'ajs' "have upward yielding movement away now; said support. f

Signed Bridgeport; in the c m; y Y F airfield "and State 'of Gonnecticut, "this 13th day of June, A. 1)., 1923.

. HAROLD B.- HAW EDNA M. BREWER. 

